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Gene Editing Takes on New Roles

What combinations of mutations help cancer cells survive? Which cells in the brain are involved in the onset of Alzheimer's? How do immune cells conduct their convoluted decision-making processes? Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science have now combined two powerful research tools - CRISPR gene editing and single cell genomic profiling - in a method that may finally help us get answers to these questions and many more.

'Pulling' Bacteria out of Blood

Blood poisoning is still fatal in more than 50% of cases, but can be cured if treated at an early stage. The highest priority is therefore to act quickly. For this reason, doctors usually administer antibiotics even in the event of a suspicion of blood poisoning, without first ascertaining whether it is actually a bacterial sepsis, which in turn greatly increases the risk of resistance to antibiotics developing.

Smartphone Apps May Help Study Cardiovascular Health, Behaviors

In a study published online by JAMA Cardiology, Euan A. Ashley, M.B., Ch.B., D.Phil., of the Stanford University, Stanford, Calif., and colleagues assessed the feasibility of measuring physical activity, fitness, and sleep from smartphones and to gain insight into activity patterns associated with life satisfaction and self-reported disease.

Artificial Beta Cells

Researchers led by ETH Professor Martin Fussenegger at the Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering (D-BSSE) in Basel have produced artificial beta cells using a straightforward engineering approach. The artificial beta cells can do everything that natural ones do: they measure the glucose concentration in the blood and produce enough insulin to effectively lower the blood sugar level.

eHealth Hub Project Survey: Take Your Chance to Give Your Opinion and Make a Difference

The eHealth Hub project aims at providing business oriented services tailored to the needs of European eHealth SMEs and relevant stakeholders, and to secure their continuation after the project end via a sustainable support structure, while stimulating the demand for eHealth solutions.

Digital Microbes for Munching Yourself Healthy

Hundreds of different bacterial species live in the human gut, helping us to digest our food. The metabolic processes of these bacteria are not only tremendously important to our health - they are also tremendously complex. A research team at the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB) of the University of Luxembourg has taken an important step in modelling the complexity of the human gut's bacterial communities - the microbiome - on the computer.

RELIEF Project: One of the 50 Best Digital Ideas

The RELIEF project, led by BravoSolution Spain, whose objective is to search for new technologies that improve the self-management of chronic pain patients, has been awarded as one of the 50 Best Digital Ideas in 2016, bestowed by leading Spanish financial daily Expansión, in the Digital Institutions category. RELIEF is a Pre-Commercial procurement project co-funded by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 programme.

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Gene Editing Takes on New Roles

'Pulling' Bacteria out of Blood

Smartphone Apps May Help Study Cardiovascular Health, Behaviors

Artificial Beta Cells

eHealth Hub Project Survey: Take Your Chance to Give Your Opinion and Make a Difference

Digital Microbes for Munching Yourself Healthy

RELIEF Project: One of the 50 Best Digital Ideas

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